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NNPC reports on Port Harcourt revamp

NIGERIA NIGERIAN National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) The Italian company had carried out a 50mn,
provided an update earlier this week on the six-month ‘integrity check’ in 2019 with fellow
effort to rehabilitate the country’s largest refin- Italian firm Eni contracted as technical adviser.
ery complex, which is expected to resume This work included equipment inspection at the
almost full operations by 2023. site, as well as “relevant engineering and plan-
In a statement, NNPC’s Group Managing ning activities”.
Director Mele Kyari said that Italian engineer- Speaking at a technical kick-off meeting
ing, procurement and construction (EPC) con- at the PHRC complex in Alesa Eleme, Rivers
tractor Maire Tecnimont was proceeding with State NNPC executive director for refineries
work to return the Port Harcourt Refining Co. and petrochemicals Mustapha Yakubu said:
(PHRC) to 90% of its nameplate 210,000 barrel “Everything has been put in place to ensure that
per day (bpd) capacity during this timeframe. the project is delivered hitch-free and on sched-
Repairing the old refinery, known as Area 5, ule,” noting that the facility will return to at least
is the first part of the plan to allow first refined 90% capacity when it resumes operation.
products to be delivered by September next year. Meanwhile, NNPC’s head of public affairs
“We are happy we have the contractor on Kennie Obateru told Punch daily in August
board. With the strong collaboration of all par- that Tecnimont had already mobilised workers
ties involved, we will achieve the desired results,” to the site. “The work is progressing,” he said.
Kyari said. “We said it will be completed within 18 to 44
He added: “We have both government and months when counting from April this year. By
private sector financing. We have the Finance 18 months, some parts of the refinery will be
Ministry, NEITI, labour unions and other stake- producing. The total rehabilitation job will be
holders on board this project.” completed in 44 months.”
The $1.5bn EPC was awarded to Maire Tecni- NNPC’s entire 445,000 bpd refining capacity
mont in April following the agreement of a $1bn has been shut in for nearly two years following
loan from Cairo-based African Export-Import failure to carry out appropriate turnaround
Bank (Afreximbank) in February. maintenance (TAM) for four decades. ™

TotalEnergies going forward

with FPSO project at Golfinho

TANZANIA FRANCE’S TotalEnergies may launch a new supermajor also holds an 80% interest in Block
floating production, storage and off-loading 21/09, and Sonangol is its sole partner.
(FPSO) vessel to develop the Golfinho field off- TotalEnergies chief executive Patrick Pouy-
shore Angola, where it recently finished drilling anne said last week that positive appraisal
a successful appraisal well. drilling results were a positive sign for the
The positive outcome of the appraisal drilling Cameia-Golfinho project, which should come
project is likely to be good news for the marine online by 2026. ™
services providers that the French major has
approached. TotalEnergies began talking to ser-
vice companies about supplying an FPSO and
seabed hardware for the project earlier this year,
according to Upstream.
Golfinho is one of seven deep-water dis-
coveries made at Blocks 20/11 and 21/09 by US
company Cobalt International before it went
bankrupt. Cobalt later handed the acreage
over to Angola’s national oil company (NOC)
Sonangol.
Then in 2019, TotalEnergies acquired a 50%
stake in Block 20/11, where it is partnered by
BP on 30% and Sonangol on 20%. The French Golfinho is one of seven finds made at 20/11 and 21/09 (Image: GeoExpro)

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